What is the relationship between Obama and Hillary?

Barack Hussein Obama II, the 44th president of the United States, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Before taking office as president, he served as a federal senator from June 4, 2005 to June 6, 2008, representing Illinois. According to the data of the Senate History Office, Obama is the fifth African-American senator and the first African-American president in history.

Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate with 1996. Four years later, he failed to run for a seat in the US House of Representatives. Later, he focused on his state's Senate work and was re-elected in 2002. Obama made a keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004 and became a famous American politician. In 2004 165438+ 10, he was elected as a federal senator with 70% of the votes.

On February 10, 2007, Obama officially announced his participation in the 2008 US presidential election. His campaign platform focuses on ending the Iraq war and implementing the universal medical insurance system. In June 2008, he won the Democratic primary election, becoming the first African-American presidential candidate nominated by a major political party in American history, and was elected president on June 4. 20091October 20th, 65438 was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States in front of the Capitol in Washington, DC.

Obama entered Harvard Law School on 1988. 1In February, 990, Obama won national recognition for the first time because he was elected as the first African-American president of Harvard Law Review. 199 1 year, Obama received a magna cum laude degree from Harvard University (doctor of law, graduated from American law school, doctor of law is S.J.D). After returning to Chicago, Obama hosted a voter registration campaign and worked for the civil rights law firm Miner, Barnhill &; Garland factory. Later, from 1993 to 12, when he ran for the U.S. Senate in 2005, Obama served as a constitutional lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.

Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004 made people expect that he would eventually run for president of the United States. This guess became more accurate after he won the federal Senate election in 2004, prompting him to clarify to reporters: "I can say with certainty that I will not run in four years." However, in the TV talk show "Meet the Press" in June 5438+ 10, 2006, Obama also indicated that he might participate in the 2008 presidential election. Subsequently, public opinion organizations added his name to the polls of Democratic candidates. The first poll showed that Obama got the support of Democrat 17%, second only to new york Senator Hillary Clinton who got 28% support. The recent Rasmussen report pointed out that their support among the basic voters of the Democratic Party was "almost equal".

The cover story of Newsweek magazine published at the end of June 5438+February 2006 was entitled "The Competition Begins", and its columnist Jonathan Oort asked, "Is the United States ready for Hillary or Obama?" Cover problem.

Democratic Senator Richard Durbin and Illinois Auditor-General Daniel Hynes were early supporters of the 2008 Obama presidential campaign. Oprah winfrey, a famous TV host, and George Clooney, a movie star, both expressed their support for Obama's presidential campaign. Critics have pointed out that Obama's chances of winning in 2008 will be greater than 20 12 years and beyond.

In the Chicago Tribune published in June, 5438 +2006 10, Newton Mino compared the 2008 Obama presidential election with the victory of John F. Kennedy in June, 5438 +0960, while the conservative columnist George Will listed in detail four reasons why he thought Obama should run at this time.

In September 2006, Obama became the main speaker at the Iowa Congressman Tom Harkin picnic, an annual political event traditionally attended by promising presidential candidates in Iowa. From June 5438 to February 2006, Obama gave a speech in New Hampshire to celebrate the first victory of the Democratic Party in the national mid-term election (New Hampshire primary election), which attracted 1500 people.

The Chicago Tribune reported on June 5th, 2007+10/October 6th+April 6th that Obama has started to form his own campaign team and set his campaign headquarters in Chicago. On February 10, 2007, he officially announced his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois. On June 4th, 2008, he won 38% of the support rate at the Iowa Democratic primary convention, ahead of the well-known john edwards and Hillary Clinton, and became the front-runner among the Democratic candidates. On May, 2008 10, Obama's super delegate votes surpassed Hillary Clinton for the first time, and with the general delegate votes leading for several months, Obama's road to the White House was greatly enhanced.

On June 3, 2008, the last two primaries were held in South Dakota and Montana. Hillary immediately decided to lag behind in the number of delegates, and Obama initially became the Democratic presidential candidate. This is the first time in American history that a major political party nominated a black person to participate in the presidential election. On August 23, 2008, at the Democratic National Convention, he was formally nominated and chose Senator Joe Biden as the vice presidential candidate.

165438+1The presidential election was officially held on October 4th. As a result, Obama defeated Republican candidate John McCain and was successfully elected as the 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African-American president in American history. After Obama was elected, Krugman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2008, published an article to analyze the political and economic situation in the United States and supported him to carry out radical reforms.

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary was born in a wealthy family in Illinois. She has shown great interest in various leadership positions since she was a child and is an active member of schools and societies. From 65438 to 0969, Hillary Rodham became the first student to give a speech at the graduation ceremony of Wellesley College, and her controversial speech also attracted national attention.

From 65438 to 0973, Hillary graduated from Yale Law School and began her lawyer career. Later, she moved to Arkansas and joined the congressional Watergate impeachment investigation team.

1975, Hillary married Bill Clinton.

1979, becoming the first female partner in the history of Ross Law Firm. Hillary Clinton was named "1988" and 19 1 "the most influential lawyer in America".

As the first lady of the United States, Hillary occupies a prominent position in policy affairs, and public opinion generally believes that she is the most powerful first lady in American history. 1994, the Clinton medical insurance plan she advocated failed to be passed by Congress, but in 1997, she helped to pass the National Child Health Insurance Plan and the Adoption and Safe Family Act. 1996, Hillary testified before the federal grand jury because of the whitewater incident, becoming the only first lady summoned so far.

After the Lewinsky incident of 1998 was exposed, the marital status of Hillary and Bill Clinton once became the focus of attention in the United States. Many supporters urged Hillary to divorce Clinton, but she finally chose to compromise. Her decision protected her and Bill Clinton's political future, but it also deviated from the feminist ideal she had been advocating to a great extent.

Hillary Clinton is a controversial political figure, and it is generally believed that she has a strong liberal color. In 2000, Hillary moved to new york and was elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first first lady to hold public office and the first female senator in new york. Her campaign strategy is similar to that of her husband Bill Clinton, that is, to meet the actual material interests of voters as the main means, while paying more attention to topics that women care about, such as health, children and community. Since taking office as a senator, Hillary Clinton has tried to win the votes of middle voters, including voting for the Iraq war, while maintaining the support of liberal voters. However, the public's views on her have not changed much. Most people still think that Hillary belongs to liberals, and conservatives hate her even more. With the worsening situation of the Iraq war, Hillary changed her attitude and began to oppose the internal affairs and diplomacy of the Bush administration, which also left a handle for her later presidential campaign.

In the mid-term elections held in the United States on June 7, 2006, Hillary Clinton was re-elected as Senator of new york by an absolute margin, and the majority of the votes were won by female voters.

65438+2007120 On her personal website, Hillary Clinton announced that she would set up a presidential campaign research committee and made it clear that she would run for the presidency in 2008.

Before the primary election, her situation was the most optimistic among many candidates, and she was far ahead in both opinion polls and funds. In August 2007, Norman Hsu's political donation scandal cast a shadow over her reputation. In September, her campaign team returned all the sponsorship from Norman Hsu, which basically calmed the storm.

In the national primary election in 2008, Hillary was ahead of other candidates in the national polls at first, and already had the support of quite a few super party representatives. Political critics expect Hillary Clinton to represent the Democratic Party in the presidential election, but the unpredictability of politics is obvious in this primary election. Barack obama, a rising star of the Democratic Party, has sprung up and launched fierce competition with Hillary. Obama shocked the election by winning the first caucus vote in Iowa. Since then, Obama and Hillary Clinton have won and lost each other in the six-month primary election, but Obama has always maintained and steadily expanded the lead. By mid-May, Obama took the lead in accumulating more than half of the votes, and Hillary had no possibility of overtaking. On June 3, the last two primaries were completed, and Obama finally got enough votes to win the nomination. Hillary congratulated Obama on the same day, but it was not until the 7 th that she officially admitted that the election failed.

Campaign slogan: I'm here, I'm here to win.

On June 5438+February 1 day, 2008, Hillary Clinton, a senator from New York and former first lady of the United States, was officially nominated by Obama as the next Secretary of State.

On June 65438+1October 2 1 day, 2009, Hillary Clinton was sworn in as US Secretary of State in Washington, DC. On the same day, the US Senate approved President Obama's nomination for Hillary Clinton's secretary of state with an absolute advantage of 94 votes to 2.

In the Senate vote, Obama successfully confirmed Hillary Clinton's nomination for Secretary of State with 94 votes in favor and 2 votes against. The two members who voted against it were Louisiana and the party member David Vettel, and South Carolina and the party senator James Warren DeMint. Before the House of Representatives voted, Democratic leaders called on senators to pass this important appointment of the new Obama administration, so that the new administration can make important diplomatic arrangements as soon as possible. The leader of the Democratic Party in the Senate said that the new US administration urgently needs to work on sensitive issues such as the two battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, the violent conflict in the Middle East and Iran's nuclear program.

The primary election within the party is a competitor, and what is more serious is the political enemy within the party;

During the presidential campaign, Hillary supported Obama in party interests;

Later, Obama nominated Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, but the move was quite controversial.

"A senior adviser to Obama warned on the 25th that Obama should carefully choose Hillary as Secretary of State, otherwise it will put the United States in an awkward position in foreign policy."

Hillary is strong enough, capable and ambitious, and Obama is in the limelight. I wonder if they are compatible?